Vancouver: International Press, Ltd., 1918. Hardcover. 8vo. Full orange cloth, black lettering. xl, 1427 pp. B&W photos in text. Spine sunned, edges rubbed, spine ends bumped. Long horizontal tear to title page. Part of a ten-volume series of biographical dictionaries spanning the years 1912-21. It contains biographical entries in alphabetical..... More
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Second edition. Full navy cloth. x, [2], 326 pp. Spine tilted. Fading to top edge and spine ends. Dust jacket is sunned to spine and edges, some spots of wear to spine, a few stains to rear cover. Perforations..... More
London: Macmillan, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. 318 p.p.Eight unnumbered pages B&W photographs, some B&W maps. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket has some light wear to edges and corners. Pictorial map endpapers, bookplate to half title and ink ownership inscription to..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED by author to ffep. [n.d., ca 1977] Full grey cloth. 167 pp. Slight bumps to upper corners. Ink ownerships inscription to foot of ffep. A few bumps to edges of dust jacket, some rubbing to joints and fore edges. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition, full number line. Quarter black cloth with black paper boards, gold lettering to spine. xviii, 458 p.p. [14] p.p. B&W photographs. Dust jacket has some bumping to extremities, else fine. In this book, Jonathan Alter, one of the..... More
Toronto: New Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth. Map endpapers. vii, 190pp. Illustrated. Name stamp on half-title o/w fine. Dust jacket bumped to extremities, perforation to front joint, a few short tears and some creasing to edges. A revealing biography of Anahareo and her life with Archie Belaney..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, grey paper boards. 277 pp. Damp stain to foot of front board, some staining to cloth. Dust jacket is price clipped, damp stained to foot fo front cover, some staining to spine, chipped at corners. More
San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 274 p.p. B&W photos throughout. Includes discography. Quarter-bound in black cloth with purple paper boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Damp stain to foot of rear endpapers. Dust jacket is slightly bumped at extremities, damp stains to..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 2007. Hardcover. 8vo. xiii, 342 p.p. Cloth. Foreword by Joan Rivers. No marks to dust jacket. Light bumping to spine ends of boards. Title page signed by author. Clean, a fine copy of book. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 11" x 10.25" Oblong. Soft cover. 431 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W. Light scuffing to rear cover. Scuffs to half-title. Fine overall. More
London: Rockliff, 1951. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Belgian Art Monographs series. Translated from the French by M.H.C. Willems. First published by the Ministry of Education (Belgium) and Uitgeverij de Sikkel, Antwerp, 1947. Full red cloth, gold lettering. 16 pp. [1] colour frontis., [1] plate B&W portrait of Ensor, plus..... More
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1989. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, black paper boards, gilt lettering to spine. xii, 304 p.p., [16] p.p. B&W photos. Sunning to top edge of boards. Dust jacket has some bumping to extremities, dent to rear cover. This biography tells the story of how the remarkable Robert..... More
New York: The Free Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo (large). Orig. dark blue cloth, xi, 483pp. Illustrated. Lower corners bumped, o/w near fine in d/w, front inner flap clipped (text partially affected). A biography of Stanford White, who 'transfored the architecture of America's Northeast.'. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition stated, full number line Black paper boards with gold lettering to spine. viii, 343 p.p., [8] p.p. colour photographs. Dust jacket has a few scuffs and bumpes to extremities, some light chafing to rear, else fine. Versace: the..... More
Hoo, Rochester, Kent: Grange Books, 2005. Da Vinci, Leonardo. Soft cover. 4to. Soft cover. 192 p.p. Copiously illustrated. Slight curl to front cover. Near fine condition. Leonardo Da Vinci's desire for accuracy and realism in his work drove him to take an almost forensic approach to recording the world around..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. The Cambridge Miscellany Series. 105 p.p., [1]. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Spine ends and corners are bumped and rubbed, damp stain to rear board. Top edge maroon. Dust jacket is lightly foxed, worn, several chips, reinforced at..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full brown paper boards. xv, 203 pp. B&W map of central Greece. Front board slightly bowed. Light foxing and a few slight bumps to edges of text block. Dust jacket is sunned to spine..... More
Toronto: ECW Press, 1997. Hardcover. 8vo. 237 p.p. White cloth binding with red titling to spine. Some scuffs to boards. Dust jacket lightly sunned at head and spine. B&W photos.Text clean, spine tight. More
Paris: Librarie Charles Poussielgue, 1891. Hardcover. 12mo. Half grey moire, marbled paper boards. Floral endpapers. xvi, 583 pp. Light edge wear to paper. Fading to spine. Some foxing to interior. Presentation label to front pastedown. Biography of Louis-Gaston de Sonis, a French Army officer who particularly distinguished himself in the..... More
Florence, Italy: Edizioni Internazionali, 1987. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 4to. SIGNED with inscription from the artist to recto of copyright page, with embossed stamp of Mazzone. First English edition. Brown leatherette boards with gilt lettering to spine and upper front board. 83 p.p., [3]. Illustrated in colour and B&W. Dust..... More
[Whitefish, Montana]: Kessinger Publishing, 2005. Soft cover. 8vo. Reprint of the second edition of 1899, originally published by Longmans, Green & Co. Soft cover. 332 pp. Slight tilting to spine, spot of bubbling to lamination at spine head. Fine overall. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, 152pp. Illustrated. Fine in d/w. Jacket clipped and bit worn and edges. Biography of Linda Gray, actress from the popular show "Dallas." More
London: Hutchinson of London, 1965. Soft cover. 8vo. Uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper. Orange paper wraps with black lettering, sewn and glued binding. Creasing and bubbling to spine, else fine. In dust jacket. 259 p.p. Dust jacket bumped and creased at extremities, small chips to spine ends. Wear to..... More
Quebec: Musee Du Quebec, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. xv, 199 p.p. Cloth. Photographs throughout. Endpapers designed with a portrait of Louis Jobin. Small tear to top of jacket spine. No marks to boards. Fine copy of book. More
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. Full grey cloth. Pictorial endpapers. Volume 1: Virginia Stephen 1882-1912 - xii, [2 pp. family tree], 230 pp., [13] pp. B&W plates. Volume II: Mrs. Woolf 1912 -1941 - ix, 300 pp., [15] pp. B&W plates. B&W illustrations in text. Light sunning to..... More